Royal Kingdom vs Township

How do Royal Kingdom and Township compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Royal Kingdom	Township
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	hard	hard
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	high
Typical session	variable	variable
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.8 / 5
Ratings count	1,055,223	2,153,682
Reviews say	What players like Relaxing, chill gameplay for casual players High-quality graphics and visuals No forced ads in core gameplay (per some reviews) Common complaints Deceptive advertising - game differs significantly from promotional materials Requires heavy spending to progress past higher levels (400+) Aggressive IAP pressure with constant monetization pop-ups	What players like Engaging town-building and farming mechanics Relaxing match-3 minigames available offline Active community with co-op and competitions Common complaints Match-3 levels become brutally difficult and designed to push spending Misleading ads show farming gameplay but obscure the true city-building focus Accidental spend with no confirmation or refund policy despite past support

Royal Kingdom — A colorful match-3 puzzle adventure where you rebuild kingdoms and battle the Dark King, but beware the aggressive monetization and misleading ads. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) Township — A city-building and farming sim with match-3 puzzles that blends relaxing town design with increasingly monetized progression gates. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-07-10. Last updated 2026-07-10.